Rally

Later this week they will gather again at the most unlikely of epicenters in all of global motorsports. Like it was at the inaugural Mexican 1000 in 1967, an eclectic hodgepodge of men and women, young and old, will cross the busiest international border in the world. As it has been for 50 long years, they will leave behind the anchor of daily existence that fades from urgent to meaningless with ...

Becoming World Rally Champion is nothing new for Sebastien Ogier, who clinched his fifth drivers' title with a third-place finish in the Wales Rally GB at the weekend. But in contrast to his first four championships, this one was achieved in a privateer entry as the Frenchman, along with longtime co-driver Julien Ingrassia ( pictured at left, with Ogier ), drove an M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC to the ...

Elfyn Evans continued to drive supremely over Saturday's first group of stages on Wales Rally GB, the Welshman claiming five stage wins from seven tests run to the southwest of the rally base in Deeside. He now has an impressive 46.3 second advantage over Thierry Neuville, the Belgian catapulting himself from fourth to second and, importantly, ahead of championship rivals Ott Tanak and Sebastien ...

Kris Meeke claimed his second victory of the World Rally Championship season at Rally Spain, the Citroen driver dominating the day to claim the win by 28 seconds. Sebastien Ogier took an important step toward a fifth world title by finishing second, and third position by teammate Ott Tanak moves the Estonians ahead of the only other championship contender, Thierry Neuville. The Belgian suffered a...

Kris Meeke has powered into the lead of RallyRACC Catalunya - Rally Spain as a switch to paved roads has shuffled the leaderboard. The Briton took the advantage after the opening stage of the day and now heads Ott Tanak and Sebastien Ogier as the crews arrived back in Salou for the mid-leg service. Andreas Mikkelsen, leading last night, has dropped down the order, the Norwegian needing more seale...

Andreas Mikkelsen has had a dream start to his debut competitive outing with Hyundai Motorsport and leads Rally Catalunya- Spain after the opening morning of competition. With limited seat time in the i20 Coupe WRC, the Norwegian has been easing himself into the car but fastest time in SS3 moved him from an early sixth to leading the 11th round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Despite battlin...

Norwegian driver Andreas Mikkelsen has joined Hyundai Motorsport and will drive one of its i20 Coupes in the final three rounds of the World Rally Championship, starting next month in Spain. Mikkelsen tested for the Korean manufacturer back in April but opted not to sign with the team, instead joining the Citroen squad, where he ran three of the past four rallies and finished second at last month...

Ott Tanak has turned 4.1-second mid-leg deficit into a 5.7-second overnight advantage during the afternoon loop of stages on Rally Germany. Despite a tricky afternoon during which many of the drivers have slid off the road, the Estonian included, he regained the lead and heads Andreas Mikkelsen, who took the surprise advantage this morning despite a poor starting position. Championship contenders...

After four Friday morning stages on Rally Germany, and no fewer than four different leaders overall, Andreas Mikkelsen tops the leaderboard for Citroen Racing on the 10th round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Ott Tanak, another of the early pace-setters, is second in the Fiesta WRC with teammate Sebastien Ogier third having recovered from a spin in the day's opener. The ADAC Rally Germany go...

Toyota rookie Esapekka Lappi held his nerve over the closing stages of Rally Finland to take a remarkable win in only his fourth event in a World Rally Championship car. Despite a late scare in the penultimate stage, the Finn claimed victory on home soil by 36 seconds while an epic battle for second position also raged behind them. Elfyn Evans made an amazing recovery after the opening day and fo...

Esapekka Lappi regained the lead of Rally Finland this afternoon, but at the expense of teammate Jari-Matti Latvala who was forced into a crushing retirement when his Yaris WRC ground to a halt on the second run through the Ouninpohja stage. After a string of five fastest times Latvala looked firmly in control and on course for a fourth home victory, but an unconfirmed technical problem not only ...

Esapekka Lappi has regained the lead of Rally Finland after Toyota teammate Jari-Matti Latvala was forced to retire from the event. Latvala had won all five speed tests on Saturday in his Toyota Yaris to overhaul overnight leader Lappi and build a 8.5sec advantage over his fellow Finn. But Latvala's came to a stop midway through the Ouninpohja special stage to spoil his chances of a fourth win on...

Jari-Matti Latvala set a string of four fastest times during Saturday morning's loop of stages to reclaim the lead of Rally Finland and head an impressive Toyota 1-2-3 at the team's home event. He heads last night's leader Esapekka Lappi by 7.8 seconds at the mid-leg service with Juho Hanninen, in the third Yaris WRC, climbing from fifth to third. After the longest day of the rally yesterday, tod...